Quobyte
Quobyte is a software-defined storage company founded in 2013 by former Google engineers Felix Hupfeld and Björn Kolbeck. It offers a scalable, flexible, and robust parallel file system designed for high-performance AI, machine learning, HPC, and enterprise analytics workloads. Quobyte's product runs on commodity x86/ARM servers, public clouds, or Kubernetes, enabling linear performance scaling from a few servers to thousands without bottlenecks or downtime. The system maximizes GPU efficiency, reduces storage costs, and eliminates data silos through unified multi-interface access with common authentication and ACLs. Trusted by global leaders such as Siemens Healthineers, STFC, HudsonAlpha, and Yahoo Japan, Quobyte operates profitably with over a decade of stability and lean operations, empowering customers to handle rapid data growth and gain competitive advantage in data-driven markets.
Quobyte
Quobyte is a software-defined storage company founded in 2013 by former Google engineers Felix Hupfeld and Björn Kolbeck. It offers a scalable, flexible, and robust parallel file system designed for high-performance AI, machine learning, HPC, and enterprise analytics workloads. Quobyte's product runs on commodity x86/ARM servers, public clouds, or Kubernetes, enabling linear performance scaling from a few servers to thousands without bottlenecks or downtime. The system maximizes GPU efficiency, reduces storage costs, and eliminates data silos through unified multi-interface access with common authentication and ACLs. Trusted by global leaders such as Siemens Healthineers, STFC, HudsonAlpha, and Yahoo Japan, Quobyte operates profitably with over a decade of stability and lean operations, empowering customers to handle rapid data growth and gain competitive advantage in data-driven markets.
TL;DR
Founded: 2013
Founders: Björn Kolbeck (CEO), Felix Hupfeld (CTO)
Product: Software-defined distributed data center file system
Primary use cases: AI/ML, HPC, enterprise analytics, cloud & data center storage
Employees (reported): 23
Funding rounds (reported): 2 (latest: Series B, 2016-05-01)
Company Overview
Problem Domain
High-performance, scalable storage for data-intensive computing (AI/ML, HPC, analytics) and cloud/data center environments.
Founded
2013
Industry
Storage / Infrastructure Software
Tech Stack
Funding Track Record
Latest disclosed round per Crunchbase
Investor Signal
“Target Partners; HTGF (High-Tech Gründerfonds); Samsung Catalyst Fund; Alstin Capital”